Victoria J. Furio
37 Highland Ave. Apt.2
Yonkers, N.Y. 10705
914- 965-1789* 212-280-1561
646-648-2720
Translation & InterpretingSpanish < > English
Summary of Accomplishments
Fifteen years at NGOs in Latin America;regular interpreting forUnited Nations Permanent Missions and Side Events,regional & international conferences;two (2) book translations;thirty (30) published articles.
Freelance Translation & Interpreting
Experience
1998 to Present
Language Skills Acquired
University Teaching Degree in French & Spanish
Postgraduate summer study at University of Salamanca,Spain
Fully bilingual (Spanish > English)
Areas of Expertise
International DevelopmentEcology & EnvironmentPolitical Economy
Human RightsWomen’s Issues Labor Relations
Indigenous PeoplesTheology & ReligionHealth Care
Hardware & Software
PC; Windows XP, Office 2000, Fax, Modem, Scanner
Transcription Machine
Simultaneous interpreting equipment: 4 Transmitters; 12 Receivers (Listen Technologies)
Daily Output
2500 words/day
Full day Conference Interpreting (Simultaneous/Consecutive) S>E
Eight (8) hours tape transcription
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Relevant Experience
2000-presentUnion Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y. Special Assistant to
theologian. Translation of theological material and correspondence.
1998-presentFreelance translation & interpreting for NGOs, United Nations
Permanent Missions, U.N. Side Events, national religious bodies, live
TV news broadcasts, international conferences, labor organizations.
1998-99Lutheran World Federation, El Salvador. Communications & Project Assistant. In-house translator. Production & translation of regional and national updates, video material, project reports, correspondence, church statements, human rights, disaster relief, environmental issues. Interpreting for visiting church delegations.
1994-96Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel & Fraternidad Ecuménica por la Paz, El Salvador, Director, Women’s empowerment programs
1992-94National Council of Churches, Latin America & Caribbean Office,
New York, N.Y. Assistant Director. Translation and interpreting for
visiting delegations, travel seminars, country reports on Central America and
Caribbean, national and international church position papers, economic and
social development project reports.
1985-92Servicio Ecuménico de Reintegración (SER), Montevideo, Uruguay
Staff for National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Social and economic development projects, micro-enterprise, translation of
country and project reports for international funding agencies, interpreting
for visiting delegations and regional meetings.
1984-85Interreligious Task Force on Central America, New York, N.Y.
Director. Translation and interpreting for national and international
church bodies, refugees, political and economic developments, human rights
reports.
1981-84Mutuality in Mission, Ithaca, N.Y., Director
Interpreting for travel seminars to Latin America, translation of socioeconomic and political developments, human rights documentation,
refugees, theology.
1980-81Universidad del Valle de México, México, D.F.
Professor of English
1977-80Mutuality in Mission, Ithaca, N.Y./Iglesia Metodista Argentina,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Translation of country reports, current affairs, human rights documentation
and statements by religious bodies. Interpreting for visiting Latin
Americans.
1974-76French & Spanish Teacher,TrumansburgHigh School,
Trumansburg, N.Y.
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Published Translations
Thirty (30) published articles and two (2) books, including:
NACLA Report on the Americas (12)
Latin American Perspectives (14)
Health & Human Rights: An International Journal, HarvardSchool of Public Health (3)
New World Outlook (2)
Theology of Religious Pluralism, José María Vigil, C.M.F., Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2008
(co-translation)
Beauty without the Breast, Felicia Marie Knaul, HarvardCollege, Dec. 2012 (original edition)
Education
1973B.A. French & Spanish, State University of New York at Cortland
1974StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo –Postgraduate summer
study at Universidadde Salamanca, Spain
Overseas 15 years residence in Latin America: Argentina, Mexico,
ExperienceUruguay, El Salvador.
Visits to: Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France
Summer study in Spain.
ProfessionalAmerican Translators Association
MembershipsLatin American Studies Association
New England Translators Association
New York Circle of Translators